~Day 14~

Breakfast: 5 animal crackers

Lunch: 4 small pieces of beef jerky

Dinner: 1 cup of tortilla chips and 1/4 cup melted cheese, 1 tsp sour cream

Snacks: 4 peanut butter saltines

~Day 13~

Breakfast : 1/2 oz. of beef jerky

Lunch: 1/2 oz of beef jerky

Dinner: 1 cup of tortilla chips with melted cheese and diced tomatoes

Snack: Iced Coffee from home (I added a few ounces of skim milk so that added calories, but since I didn't have time to eat much I figured it was okay) 1/3 package of ramen noodles

Thoughts: Today we went to Cortez to visit my great-grandma in her assisted living home. We were rushed to leave so I didn't have time for a good breakfast. We went to sonic for lunch but they got the order wrong and forgot my dad's food and mine too! So...we ate a little bit of jerky.

~Day 12~

Breakfast: 2 pieces of string cheese

Lunch: 2 slices of lunch meat from a deli sandwich

Snack: 2 ritz crackers, 2 slices of cheese

Dinner: 1 cup of lasagna, 2 cups of salad, 30 sprays of dressing

Drinks: I had coffee today. I have never ever ever liked coffee until today. I put ice in it and it was so yummy...and I have tons and tons of energy!!! I also drank a lot of water and sugar free kool-aid.

Notes: I almost ate cake at Heather's shower today. The only reason I didn't was because I cut a piece and then got distracted by other things. By the time I remembered about the cake...it was all dried up and not edible. I guess that's a good thing though.

~Day 11~

Breakfast: 1 scrambled egg, 2 strawberries

Lunch: 2 cups of salad and 25 sprays of dressing

Snack: 1 box of rasins

Dinner: 2 outsides of eggrolls, a plate of steamed veggies

Snack: granola bar

Drinks: Did great on the drinks today. 3 bottles already and starting the 4th.

Exercise: Yesterday I didn't do anything because I was so sore, but today I did 40 min. on the elliptical trainer.

~Day 10~

Breakfast : Okay so this is embarrassing, but I slept through breakfast. Tarren was off and I just wanted a day to sleep in. I got up with Garrett in the middle of the night and had to give him a bath and change his sheets because he drank too much water before bed and had an accident.

Lunch: 1 hard boiled egg, 3 oz of turkey, 14 bites of pre-packaged salad and 14 sprays of Asian Silk 1 calorie dressing

Snack : 4 cubes of cheese

Dinner: 4 oz chicken breast, 20 bites of pre-packaged salad and 20 sprays of Asian Silk 1 calorie dressing

Dessert : 2 thin mint girl scout cookies (1/2 a serving)


Drinks: Today I haven't done well with my drinking. I have had about 30 oz so far. I looked at the clock and it was already 2:30 and I hadn't had anything to drink!! I am going to try to drink about 22 oz the rest of the night. I have had really bad heartburn today and I think it might be the salad dressing...may have to switch flavors.

~Day 9~

Breakfast : 1 scrambled egg

Lunch : 1/4 Turkey Sandwich (I choked on my second bite and didn't want to eat anymore)

Snack : 4 peanut butter cracker sandwiches (you know those lil' snacks you buy at the store)

Dinner: 5 bites of angel hair pasta with tomato sauce

Dessert: 4 Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies (160 calories...not too bad for cookies)

Another Snack: 3 saltines with organic peanut butter ( i have tried to get used to this stuff, but I just don't like it)

Drinks: I tried really hard to drink 3 of those 22 oz. bottles today. So far I've had 2, but I'm on #3 and I am going to make myself finish it before bed.

Exercise: My mom and I took the kiddos out for a picnic today. We walked 3 miles, taking turns pushing the stroller up the hills. After we got home I did 20 push-ups, 100 crunches, and spent 40 minutes on the elliptical trainer...I'm going to regret all of this tomorrow. My arms are already killing me.

~Day 8~

I was supposed to have to go into work yesterday, and I was going to bring Garrett with me. While we were getting ready my boss called and said the computers were down so I had to work from home. Tarren was off so we had a nice chance to hang out and have a lot of fun! Yay for days off!


Breakfast: 1 scrambled egg, 1/2 piece of toast with margarine

Lunch: 1/4 chimichanga from Las Hermanitos

Dinner: 1 hamburger bun with 1 scoop of shredded beef BBQ

Snack: 3 girl scout cookies...bad I know

Drinks: I really really need to drink more. Tarren bought me a cute pink water bottle that holds 22 oz. of water. I'm going to try to drink 3 of them a day...wish me luck. Today I drank about 30 oz. total of sugar free kool-aid. I'm not a good drinker. It catches up to me and I have days where I'm so tired and swollen I feel like I can't get out of bed! I've got to take better care of myself. It's not fair to the kids to have a mommy who doesn't want to do anything but sit on the floor and play that way. They want a mommy to run around and play with them. I will really try to drink more!

~Day 7~

Breakfast: 5 crutons while I was cleaning out the pantry...strange choice I know

Lunch: 1 saltine cracker with peanut butter, 1 without, 1 reeses egg and 1 small pack of sixlets

Snack: 2 baby carrots while I was making dinner

Dinner: 1 bowl of cocoa pebbles with 1 banana sliced over it, with skim milk (I couldn't eat the stew I made because the hamburger meat looked to wormy for me, you know how you can see the pieces of meat together)

Snack: 4 ritz smores snacks

Tomorrow is weigh in day ;) I haven't had time to work out this week, but hopefully starting Wed. I will.

~Day 6~

Easter...holiday...big meals...lot of junk food...not good for dieting :)

Breakfast : I know it's bad but I skipped breakfast so I could save my calories for the big meals

Lunch: 4 oz roast beef, 1 tsp mashed potatoes, 1 tbs green beans and 1 slice of monkey bread

Dinner: 1 slice of ham, 1 small red potato with butter and seasoning

Snack: 1 hard boiled egg with no yolk, small pack of sixlets, and 4 jelly beans (at two different times, not that I ate jelly beans and egg together)

Dessert: small slice of white cake with cherry jello and whipped cream frosting

~Day 5~

Breakfast: 1 container fat free light Yoplait Strawberry Banana yogurt

Snack: 4 cubes of cheese

Lunch: 2 slices of turkey, 1/2 box raisins, 10 baby carrots

Dinner: 8 oz grilled chicken and 1/2 cup of steamed veggies

Snack: 1 hard boiled egg with no yolk

~Day 4~

Breakfast: 1 scrambled egg and 3 strawberries

Snack: 1 apple with 1 tsp organic peanut butter

Snack: 2 cubes of cheese

Lunch: 2 oz. of grilled chicken, 10 baby carrots (steamed), 4 cubes of cheese

Dinner: 4 oz. grilled chicken, 10 baby carrots (steamed), 6 cubes of cheese

Snack: 6 cubes of cheese

~Day 3~

Breakfast : 1 container fat free cherry yogurt

Lunch: 1/2 taco from Del Taco

Snack: 1 apple with 1 tsp organic peanut butter and 1/2
box of raisins

Dinner: 2 cups steamed veggies (mushrooms, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and tomatoes) in a very light alfredo sauce

Snack: 1/2 box of raisins

~Day 2~ (Traveling back from Phoenix day)

Breakfast : 1 scrambled egg

Lunch: 1 apple, 1 tsp organic peanut butter

Snack: 10 pumpkin seeds

Dinner: (home at last) 1 bowl of Cheerios with skim milk

Snack: 1 celery stalk with 1 tsp organic peanut butter

~Day 1~

Breakfast : 1 container Fat Free Light Strawberry Yogurt

Lunch: 1/2 turkey salad with no dressing from subway

Snack : 7 baby carrots, 1 small cube of cheese

Dinner: Fruit Salad w/ 2 tbs fat free light vanilla yogurt

Snack : 1 apple sliced with 1 tbs organic peanut butter


Thoughts: I ate A LOT today! It felt like I was always eating. I was full all day long. I had to force myself to eat dinner, but my dr. says I will ruin my metabolism if I keep skipping meals. He said I'm doing great and they will call on Wed. with the results of my blood tests and let me know if I can quit taking my medication. By his scale I was at 130! Yay!! 15 pounds to go (he said to lose 9.5, but I can go to 15 if I want to) Well actually...15 pounds to go by his scale. I have to see what my scale says at home on Thursday. I hope I can drop a few pounds this week.
I have ridden the exercise bike for 45 minutes everyday I've been here and I walked 2 miles today along with riding the bike. Yay for working out!!!

3 Days Until Day 1

Breakfast : handful of wheat thins toasted chips- veggie flavor...pretty good, but not as good as regular chips

Lunch: 1/2 container of Nutrisystem Pasta Parmesan with Broccoli...I could only force myself to eat 1/2 of it cuz it was sooo bitter! My mom has a ton of nutrisystem food she gave me, but if it all tastes like this...no can do


Dinner: 1 small hotdog plain (I hate hotdogs, but for the past week I've been craving them)


Snack: 1/3 container Yoplait Light Fat Free Berries N Cream Yogurt (Shared it with Garrett and Savannah)


Thoughts: We leave for Phoenix tomorrow. My dr's appt is on Monday and we come back on Wednesday. My family loves loves loves to eat out so this could prove to be quite challenging for me. I am still starting on the 17th, no matter what. I know I don't eat much right now, but I don't eat healthy. I'm going to try to eat more, but healthier...and I need to work out more. My Wii has been lonely without me and the eliptical trainer pretty much forgot who I am...While I'm in Phoenix I'll ride my Papa's bike for a workout and try and swim with the kids everyday.

4 Days Until Day 1

I had to run around running errands all morning and doing a few things for work.


Breakfast : 6 0z glass of skim milk


Lunch : handful of chilli cheese fritos


Snack : small chai tea latte from starbucks, and a handful of popcorn


Dinner: 1 small hot dog plain


I think I've been snacking more than eating meals, but I'm okay with that because I don't feel like I'm starving. Today the scale said 129 and i got soooo excited...but i'm not counting on keeping any of that off once I start feeling better.

5 Days Until Day 1

Feeling a little better today, but I suspect that I wasn't sick from the pain killers, I think my sinuses are draining into my stomach. That used to happen when I was younger and the dr. at immediate care on Sunday thought the ear infection had spread into my face and also had a sinus infection...so I still feel a bit yucky today and don't really feel like eating. I've lost 2 pounds being sick, but I'm not going to count it because I know when I get better I'll gain it back in one meal ;)


Breakfast (9:30 am) : 1/2 container Yoplait Light Yogurt, Bananna Cream Flavor...yummy but really sweet and so I could only eat 1/2 before it made me queezy.


Lunch (1:00pm) : 1 handful of Cheez-it crackers


Snack (3:00pm) : 1/2 slice cinnamon butter bread...I would have eaten the whole thing, but when I got up from the table to get Savannah, my mom's dog jumped on my seat and stole the other half!


Dinner (7:30 pm) : 1 serving spoon of chicken, broccoli, pasta bake. 1 tablespoon stuffing


Dessert : 1 reese's peanut butter egg...and a handful of captain crunch with no milk...can you tell I was starving?

6 Days Until Day 1

I'm sick today from those darn pain pills. I haven't been able to keep anything down since last night so after last night's green bean snack, I gave up eating.


Breakfast (10:00 am) : 8 oz of water


Lunch (1:30 pm) : 8 oz of water


Dinner (7:30 pm) : the inside only of one shredded beef taco...which I didn't keep down at all


Snack (10:00 pm) : 1/2 Lean Cuisine Roasted Pepper Pizza....so far so good...feeling a lil bit better.

7 Days Until Day 1

Breafast ~10:00 am ~ : I ordered an egg, bacon and cheese quesidilla from Del Taco, opened it up and ate 1/4 of the eggs with a little cheese.


Lunch ~12:00 pm~ : 1/2 bowl of salad with a little ranch and 1/2 a small slice of cake (Pam's funeral)



Snack ~4:00 pm~ : 8 oz of 2% milk with 1 tsp. chocolate syrup mixed in



Dinner ~8:30 pm~ : (I know this was late, but I took a pain pill at 4 for my ear and fell asleep until almost 8) 2 bites of hot link sausage and 2 bites of funeral potatoes



Snack ~ 10:00 pm~: 1 cup steamed green beans with a dash of salt and pepper, another 8 oz. of 2% milk with 1 tsp. syrup

8 Days Until Day 1

Breakfast ~ 10:00 am~ : Another 1 in. slice of cake....I guess I should really just say "A big bite of cake" cuz that's what it is.


Lunch ~ 12:30 pm ~ : A chocolate chip cookie....I am sooooo not healthy today....it is Tarren's birthday and I will take vitamins to make up for my non nutritional choices...


Dinner ~ 5:00pm~ : 1/2 bowl of wide egg noodles with beeft tips, 1 slice and a bite of the second slice of monkey bread , 8 oz. of orange pineapple juice


Dessert : I would have eaten cake, but I got sick and had to go the immediate care center. They gave me a lovely shot and I was asleep by 8:45 and didn't wake up until 8:00 the next morning.

9 Days Until Day 1

Breakfast ~11:00 am~ : 1 Light Yoplait Apple Turnover Yogurt - not the best flavor

Lunch ~3:00 pm~ : 1 hard taco

Dinner ~7:30 pm~ : 1 hot dog plain

Dessert ~8:30 pm~ : 1inch slice of carrott cake (Tarren's birthday party)

10 Days until Day 1

Breakfast ~10:00 am~ : 1 Yoplait Light Yogurt, Boston Cream Pie flavor....yummy, but I've never had a real Boston Cream Pie so I don't know if it tasted the same or not



Lunch ~ 1:00 pm~ : 1/4 Navajo Taco with no beans and no sauce, 4 oz. diet dr. pepper



Snack ~ 3:30 pm~ : 1 24 oz. bottle of water and 1 celery stick with a baby spoon of peanut butter



Dinner ~ 7:30 pm~ : 6 oz of home made chicken noodle soup, 1/2 grilled cheese sandwich



Excersice : I did Wii tennis for 20 minutes today and cleaned my kitchen from top to bottom...I think that counts as a work-out!



Thoughts : I lost the weight I gained while I was sick and just want to stay at this weight until my dr.'s appt on the 17th.

11 Days until Day 1

Breakfast ~9:30 am~ : 6 oz skim milk

Lunch ~12:30 pm~ : 1 chicken nugget and 4 fries...12 oz diet coke (shared Savannah's happy meal at wal-mart while we were grocery shopping)

Snack ~3:30 pm~ : 1 cinnamon graham cracker and 1 12 oz glass of sugar free kool-aid

Dinner ~6:00 pm~ : 2 tablespoons of shredded pork with BBQ sauce, 2 tablespoons corn and 2 tablespoons steamed baby carrots.

Snack ~9:00 pm~ : 2 tablespoons of baby carrots and 1 cinnamon graham cracker

12 days until Day 1

Feeling a bit better today, but still not great...hungry though. Noticed this morning on the scale that because of bad eating while I'm sick and poor drink choices I've gained 1.6 pounds. Boo!

My thoughts : I really need to drink more. I don't think I ever drink enough. I think I just get so busy I forget to drink. I need to start carrying around a bottle of water with me everywhere...maybe if I could find a pretty one it would remind me to drink more?!?

Breakfast ~ 10:30 am~ : 1/2 bowl of Captain Crunch cereal with 2% milk

Snack ~2:30 pm~ : 15 cheetos...I should really throw those away so I can quit snacking on them!

Drinks ~All day~ : 12 oz can of Sprite Zero and a splash of orange juice ( i can't seem to leave the oj alone) 2 16 oz. bottles of water

Snack ~ 4:30 pm~ : 1 saltine with natural peanut butter

Dinner ~6:30 pm~ : 2 serving spoons of elbow noodles with ragu sauce.

Dessert ~ 7:30 pm~ : 1/2 a piece of easter chocolate (I wanted to eat the whole piece, but Savannah saw it and wanted it so I gave it to her.)

13 days until Day 1

I feel even worse today. I've taken so much medicine and I am sooooo swollen from all that oj. I know I can't drink anymore today. I have to go to work at 12:00. It's only for a few hours so I think I can do it. Poor Savannah fell asleep on her floor playing with her toys, and I knew if I touched her she'd wake up. She is still sleeping on her floor right now. I think we'll go to the dr. tomorrow. Yesterday I felt so sick I didn't care what I ate...today I feel so sick I don't care IF I eat.

Breafast ~9:00 am~ : 6 0z skim milk

Lunch/Snack thingy ~ 4:00 pm~ : 3/4 Lean Cuisine Roasted Pepper Pizza, 25 cheetos and 24 oz. of tea with sweet n low

Dinner ~7:30 pm~ : 1/2 bowl of cream of potato soup and 24 oz of tea with sweet n low

Drinks ~All day~ : 2 24 oz bottles of water

14 days until Day 1

I will start really paying attention to my diet and exercise in two weeks...but until then I'll still keep track of what I ate. Me and Savannah are soooo sick today! I think we have bronchitis. I am not sure if she feels the same way, but if she does....we are achy and coughy and sneezy and feverish and just plain icky.

Breakfast ~8:00 am~ : 6 oz. skim milk

Snack ~10:30 am~ : 8 cheetos

Lunch ~2:00 pm~ : 1 hard taco from taco bell

Snack ~3:00 pm~ : 1 hard taco from taco bell

Drinks ~all day~ : 40 oz of orange juice...yes I added up the calories and it was bad, but I don't feel good and this was the only thing that made me feel better

Snack ~5:00 pm~ : 3 tsp Children's Grape Benadryl and 3 tsp Children's Berry Punch Dimetap Cough Syrup...yummmmmy

Dinner ~7:30 pm~ : 1/2 kids size bowl of egg noodles with 1 tsp margarine spread

Snack ~9:00 pm~ : 3 tsp Children's Berry Punch Dimetap Cough Syrup and 6 oz of skim milk

Exercise : Ha Ha. Everytime I stand up I get dizzy, who knows what would happen if I tried to get on the elptical trainer or play the wii.

It's all comes down to this

May 2007- I began my journey to find the smaller Brandi I used to know. To date I have lost 61 pounds. I had an original weight goal of 125 in mind, but have now changed it to 115 because as I'm getting older 125 doesn't look the same as it did 5 years ago.

I haven't really kept track of my diet up until this point. Amanda has really inspired me to kick it into high gear and come face to face with my diet and excersise problems/

I have a really crazy two weeks ahead of me so I'm not going to worry about changing my diet too much until the 17th of March. My goal for the month of March is 6 pounds. That puts me at goal in 3 months.

They say losing the last 30 is the hardest, so I bet the last 18 is still a big struggle. I can do it! (I hope) Stay tuned!!!